CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp accused of unwanted sexual contact by former Herschel Walker staffer in lawsuit
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The chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Matt Schlapp, is being sued by a man who says he is a former staff member of 2022 Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker. The man, called "John Doe" in the lawsuit, is accusing Schlapp of unwanted sexual contact that he alleged took place during the campaign. The unidentified individual's allegations were reported by The Daily Beast news site in early January. CBS News has not confirmed the identity of the alleged staffer.
Schlapp's attorney denied the allegations and said that the complaint is false.
The Walker staffer, who filed the lawsuit in the City of Alexandria, Va., Circuit Court, seeks over $9 million in damages resulting from the alleged sexual battery and from defamation. Doe, who says he was assigned to drive Schlapp during an Oct. 19 campaign event in Perry, Georgia, claims that at a local tavern after the event, Schlapp sat "unusually close" to him, was in "almost constant contact" with his leg and "encouraged Mr. Doe to have more drinks, despite the fact that Mr. Doe was driving," according to the lawsuit.
